Promises Made

Chapter 26

It had been a nice vacation.

Everyone had fun and enjoyed the time off immensely.

Some of the ninja in training still practiced hard such as Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke, and even Ino.

It was odd to say the least, but it seemed Ino had turned a corner when it came to her attitude, and Sasuke was opening up to Naruto…if only a little, but Naruto didn't mind. In fact he liked the Uchiha better now then he had before.

Ino and Hinata were really close…and I mean that in a sense that no one expected.

There was little if anything they didn't share with each other as far as secrets go.

At one point there was even a partial slumber party which surprised the parents when it was requested.

I say partial because Hinata was the only girl invited…and surprising because Naruto was also invited.

Both sets of parents were against it at first, but slowly over the week they relented. They could see for a fact that the three were extremely close…closer then normal, and since both families were on good terms and all three children were still innocent, it couldn't hurt. The only provision that was made by Naruto and Hinata's parents was that everyone slept with clothing on.

Naruto and Hinata agreed, though a bit reluctantly, but decided that one night wouldn't be the end of the world.

This decision was made for Naruto after his father had a meeting with a person he never expected to talk privately with…but we will get to that later.

Naruto, Ino, and Hinata sat up in her bedroom telling stories and making each other laugh. It was still early in the evening and the three had played all sorts of games that evening and to be honest, no one wanted to go to sleep.

Naruto lay on his stomach in the middle of the floor, while Hinata lay on his left side, and Ino lay on his right. Both were very close, practically pressed against him, and despite the feeling of pressure he had been getting a lot lately, he wasn't embarrassed and felt rather comfortable.

It may have been the fact that Ino had become so close to them that Naruto didn't feel like she was stranger or that he had to hide anything from her.

Hinata felt a lot of the same way as she smiled at the two. "Well what should we do now? I'm not ready for bed yet."

Naruto nodded as he thought about it. "I don't know…I'm up for pretty much anything."

Ino smirked as she looked from Naruto to Hinata and winked quickly at Hinata who smirked as well.

Naruto didn't catch the wink, but saw Hinata's smirk and wondered what he was in for with a slight twinge of worry.

Ino leaned over and rested her head on Naruto's shoulder as she stared at Hinata. "I have a game for later…after the adults are asleep…but for now why don't we talk about…stuff."

Hinata leaned over and lay her head on Naruto's other shoulder before she nodded to her. "I agree that sounds like a good idea."

Naruto not sure what was going on but feeling like he was about to get tag teamed nodded slowly. "Ok…what are we going to talk about?"

Ino blushed lightly, but Naruto couldn't see it as she said only loud enough for him and Hinata to hear. "What does it feel like when it gets hard?"

Naruto blushed crimson just as the very object of the question made him shift a little uncomfortably.

Naruto swallowed hard but remembered he had nothing to be afraid or embarrassed of. Ino had become like a best friend, and Hinata was his intended…besides which…Ino didn't want him so it wasn't like anything weird was going to happen. "Well…it feels like pressure, and sometimes it gets real bad when I look at or think of Hina-chan. Although if I ignore it; it seems to get worse until…"

Ino grinned and he could hear the smile in her voice. "Until?"

Naruto gulped before he looked at Hinata who smiled in encouragement so he blushed furiously and finished his sentence. "Until I usually e..explode on Hina-chan while we sleep."

THERE!

He said it. As embarrassing as it was he got it out, but Hinata giggled cutely and Ino looked at Hinata with amazement. "So…he really did make a whole cup?"

Hinata nodded proudly and kissed Naruto's ear which made him feel much better…besides Hinata tells Ino all this stuff anyway…though he wasn't sure why. "It was at least a cup…" Hinata said thoughtfully. "Although I think it might have been more."

Ino blinked as she looked at the back of Naruto's head before she kissed his other ear.

Naruto groused at her…but it was good naturedly. Ino was always teasing him…and on occasion this was one of the ways she would get him. "So…is it only when you see or think of Hinata-chan?"

Naruto was about to answer, but Hinata broke in for him, further embarrassing the boy.

"Oh no…I'm not the only one Ino-chan."

Naruto blinked then gulped hard, but he knew he couldn't lie in front of his koishii…in fact he was sure she probably already had her suspicions. "Yeah…Ino you too…but I'm not going to do anything about that."

Ino still grinning kissed his cheek. "Aw…you don't want to explode all over my butt too?"

Naruto couldn't move, but he was sure his pelvis was at least six inches off the ground. "N..No." he said with a slight stutter, still blushing, and Hinata snickered quietly. Obviously she knew something he wasn't telling.

Ino pouted for a second but barreled into the next question quickly. "Do you ever have dreams Naruto…you know about doing things?"

Naruto wasn't sure at first what she meant until Hinata whispered in his other ear. "Adult things Naru-kun."

Naruto blinked a few times and wondered why they both were asking him so many questions…but he had already answered a few so he didn't think answering a few more would matter even if his face said otherwise. "Well yeah…I dream of Hina-chan all the time."

Ino grinned as she whispered in his ear again. "What about me? Do you dream of me Naruto?"

Naruto blushed hard once more (you'd think he would have run out of blood by now) and glanced at Hinata who only smiled at him before she kissed his lips lightly. "It's ok Naru-kun…I won't get mad."
Naruto looked into her eyes and seeing only honesty nodded slightly. "Yeah…sometimes Ino. I never know when it will happen though…it just does."

Ino smiled with a light blush of pleasure on her cheeks. "Tell me one…please?"

Naruto groaned quietly as her breath tickled his ear and it made his erection hurt a little but not in actual pain but something that he only felt a few times before…he hoped he wouldn't lose control.

"Um…Hina-chan…I..I don't want to make you mad…"

Hinata leaned closer and kissed his lips again. "It's ok Naru-kun…I won't get mad. I know you are mine so I am not worried about it. It's ok…tell her everything, I'm curious too."

Naruto blinked at Hinata before he looked at the lightly blushing Ino then nodded slowly. "M..Most of the time I remember that day when you told me you would show me your panties if I asked…and in the dream…I..I ask you, and you lift your skirt and…"

Ino grinned, the light blush still firmly under her eyes. "And?"

Naruto gulped before he answered. "And then I wake up."

Ino's face fell and Hinata bonked her head on his shoulder. "That's it? You see them then you wake up?" Naruto looked at Hinata then frowned. "You know what happens in after those dreams Hina-chan!"

Hinata thought for a moment and remembered all the late night baths and sheet changing they had been doing lately. "Oh yeah…" she said before she giggled with a blush.

Naruto nodded looking a bit glum. "It feels like I am cheating on my hime, so I guess my mind forces me to wake up…and I still feel bad sometimes when it happens."

Hinata's face softened as her hand rubbed his back. "Naru-kun…" She said with a reassuring smile before Ino cleared her throat, looking a little peeved. "Well what if you weren't cheating? What if Hinata didn't mind or Hinata and I made a deal?"

Naruto frowned before he looked at Ino and sat up. "Wait…why are you guys asking me all this stuff anyway?"

Hinata scooted up behind Naruto and hugged him. "Ino and I have been talking Naru-kun. She and I discovered that we have a dilemma."

Naruto frowned as now he began to worry about his friend and his fiancé. "Wh..what happened? What's wrong?"

Ino sat down in front of Naruto and took his hands in hers and he began to feel really uncomfortable as his danger sense went off on high alert.

He tried to stand, but Hinata held him firmly in place and he wondered if he was about to get a beat down from both women for something he didn't remember doing.

"Naru-kun…sit still and listen, this is important."

Naruto tried to look over his shoulder at Hinata, but could only see part of her face. She didn't look angry to him, so he wondered what they could be talking about and worse what was about to happen.

Ino had a sincere look on her face and what looked like a little sadness in her eyes. Naruto began to worry again but her voice made him pause and seriously consider her. "Naruto…Naruto-kun…I want to tell you first that Hinata and I talked about this, and while it was a difficult thing to talk about for both of us, Hinata has a beautiful heart and trusts you like no one I have ever known before. W..when I first asked her this…I thought she was going to kill me. In fact maybe she should have…but all she asked me was why. I told her all the things that made this easy for me to ask and all the difficult things why I didn't want to...most of all I told her how I really felt.

She considered for a long time and then she asked me something that I thought about but didn't seriously consider until she asked me. And I can honestly say the answer was yes."

Naruto blinked in confusion at Ino as he still wasn't sure what she was talking about. Ino smirked at him before she reached up and rubbed his cheek in an affectionate way. "I had never thought or felt like this before…it was new and I didn't know what to think." Hinata still leaning over his shoulder kissed his ear again. "She was really confused Naru-kun but I could tell she was serious and this wasn't a prank or anything."

Naruto frowned but sat still as he tried to put the pieces together in his head and then a picture started to form and his eyes started to widen. "Wait…us here together…you and Hinata getting really close…asking me all those questions…"

And Ino nodded. "Yes Naruto-kun…Hinata asked me if I loved you…and I said yes because I do…I really, truly do love you." Ino blinked shyly for a second before she looked into his now wide eyes. "And I asked her if you could be my boyfriend."

Naruto almost got up off the floor, but both girls held him on the spot and wouldn't let him go. 'B..But engaged…H..Hina-chan…C..can't hurt…Sk..skin on the dojo wall!"

Naruto started to breathe hard and began to hyperventilate as Hinata pushed him to his back on the floor and Ino pulled a paper bag out of nowhere and held it to his mouth. "Breathe Naruto-kun…breathe and calm down…it's ok…"

Hinata nodded and spoke soothingly to the boy. "Calm down Naru-kun…please calm down so we can talk about this."

The whole while he was trying to breathe thoughts raced and collided in his head leaving a bigger mess then was already there. Mother's gonna kill me! Daddy's gonna kill me! No mother's going to kill me, then she's gonna cook me…no mother's and daddy are both gonna kill me, then mother's gonna cook me and then their both gonna eat me! His brain kept screaming until the hand of both girls on his chest to calm him finally broke through his panic.

It took him a few minutes but after a while he had calmed enough for him to look at the two in open mouth shock without breathing through the bag. "What? Why?"

Ino frowned as she considered his questions. "Well…I do love you Naruto-kun…and I know it is love because I feel stronger about you then I did about Sasuke. Sasuke was just a crush…a bad one…but I do love you."

Hinata nodded as she took over. "I asked her some important questions and she answered them almost picture perfect Naru-kun…and she hasn't given away any of our secrets…including our furry one."

Naruto's eyes opened wide again but Ino smiled reassuringly at him. "I don't care that it's in the two of you. I know that you aren't the fox…that you just keep it locked up."

Naruto frowned as he considered but still had many doubts and worries. "But aren't you worried Hina-chan? The elders…mother and father will never go for this and I like my butt better when it hasn't been paddled!" Ino rubbed her own backside in memory and sympathy but Hinata smiled as she shook her head. "Wrong. I looked through the clan archives and I found a way that it would be possible for you to marry us both!" Hinata said clapping her hands happily.

Naruto blinked but Hinata continued before he could say anything. "I know you aren't going to marry Ino yet…but this is just in case everything works out. Anyway the clan head is allowed to take more then one wife if it is a political marriage that will tie another family to the Hyuuga clan. Father would probably do it if there was a sufficient reason or an available heir other then Ino, but since there isn't it falls to our generation. Since it is a clan that has such strong jutsu like the Yamanaka's then they would readily agree to the marriage if it comes to that. It will only make the Hyuuga clan stronger, and it would bring you great face in the eyes of the clan and other clans Naru-kun…and I get to have my love and my best friend with me all the time!"

Naruto wondered at Hinata's girly outburst before he looked at Ino…but he could see that she had worry in her eyes.

Ino looked like she had expended all of her energy just getting this proposal out in the open to Naruto. She looked fragile now and almost lost, and he remembered the day in the ramen stand months ago when Ino apologized to them and begged them both to come to her birthday party to make up for her poor decision.

Naruto liked her after that, but he had to admit he really did like her a lot now…but what would this mean for Naruto and his future?

He did enjoy her company, and they did have fun, and he would be a liar if he said he didn't find her attractive.

Hinata smiled as she kissed Naruto's cheek before she whispered in his ear. "Please Naru-kun?"

Naruto looked into Hinata's eyes and saw what he always saw and smiled at her before looking back at Ino. "Alright. Ino…will you be mine and Hinata's girlfriend?" He said quietly and he held his other arm out to Ino who practically dove in and squeezed him with everything she had. "Yes! I'd love to!"

Ino had never been happier to her memory, and right now, hugging Hinata and Naruto, she knew there was no place she would rather be…until Naruto threw a wrench in the middle of everything. "What are we going to tell our parents?"

At which point a knock on the door had all three jumped away from each other in different directions.

Ino grinned and shouted. "Come in?" and Inoichi along with his wife stepped into the room. "You kids doing ok?"

Naruto nodded and so did Hinata with a giggle. "I'm fine…may I use your restroom Mr' Yamanaka?"

Inoichi frowned and shook his head. "None of that…consider this your home when you are here so you don't need to ask permission.

Hinata nodded with a grin before she gave Ino's father a brief hug.

After a few minutes Mari cleared her throat and Inoichi grinned. "Right…we're going to bed…don't stay up too late and we'll all have breakfast in the morning."

Naruto grinned and Ino smirked. "As long as you don't cook it daddy…you're great on the grill but lousy in the kitchen."

Inoichi looked hurt before he grinned. "Fine…I know when I'm not wanted!" He said before he stuck his tongue out at his daughter and scooted around his wife who swatted his backside as he passed.

"Remember…you guys behave and don't make too much noise…we'll use the sound jutsu just in case but we don't want you waking the neighbors."

Ino grumbled before she walked over and gave her mom a hug. "Yes mom." Mari kissed her forehead before she released her daughter and stepped out into the hall.

Hinata came back in and sat as Ino hovered at the door.

A quiet popping sound made her grin as she shut then locked her door. "Just in case they decide to snoop…I'll unlock it again before we go to bed."

Naruto frowned at her. "What are we going to do that will make that much noise?"

Ino waved him off as she sat back down again. "Oh that was just an excuse. Their probably going to have sex."

Naruto almost choked on the can of soda he was drinking and Hinata cackled for a few seconds as she fell backward on the blanket. Ino grinned as she thought about what she said then shrugged. "Well it's true. They do that all the time. I guess they think I don't know what's going on…but it is good not to be able to hear them doing it."

After a few seconds Naruto calmed enough to shake his head. "Ino you can be pretty bold I guess. I'd rather not know when my parents are having sex!"

Hinata after a few seconds sat up and agreed with him, but Ino brushed it off. "It's human nature…who cares?"

The two Hyuuga made no bones about that because she was right, but the new mischievous look in her eyes made Naruto nervous again as she scooted forward and Hinata did as well so they were sitting in a triangle. "Ok…I hope you're ready because this is one of those games where you can't back out, and you have to fess up. We'll go in a clockwise circle." Ino looked at Naruto and her grin made him want to fidget. "Naruto-kun…truth or dare?"

O

Izumi blinked as she looked off into the darkened bedroom. She didn't know why…but she suddenly had the feeling someone needed to be spanked.

Reaching over she walloped Hiashi on his backside waking him up.

"Huh? What the hell Izumi-chan? Did the baby kick?"

Izumi snickered before she shook her head. "Silly…I couldn't feel it yet anyway…no I think the kids are up to something."

Hiashi frowned then shook his head. "Then why hit me?" Izumi smirked before she answered. "I thought it might be you but I still had the feeling after I hit you."

Hiashi frowned at her but decided to let it go. "Sleep my wife…the children will behave of that I have no doubt."

Izumi frowned as she sat up and was about to rise from the bed. "I'm not so sure. I think I'll just call Mari and check on them."

Hiashi looked at the alarm clock and frowned. "At eleven pm at night? Izumi you are worried over nothing. Your husband wants you to come back to bed…or does your lord have to bring you back to be punished?"

Izumi looked at Hiashi who wiggled his eyebrows at her. She thought about it for a few seconds then dropped her silk pajamas to the floor. "Yes my lord…your humble servant awaits your pleasure."

They had agreed years ago that if one wanted sex, the other did not refuse unless for medical reasons. Besides…a good healthy sexual encounter with the one you loved was usually the best medicine for almost anything.

Behave children…or at least do not get into trouble. She thought as her husband wrapped his arms around her.

This would not be a spanking night after all.

At least not for Hinata or Naruto.

O

Naruto hmmmed as he considered then frowned. "What happens if I don't want either?"

Ino shook her head. "Then you get consequences."

Naruto still frowning hmmmed again. "What are the consequences?"

Ino frowned as she shrugged. "I don't know…you get spanked by the other two?"

Hinata shrugged not worried Naruto blinked then frowned. "I don't get it."

Ino smacked his leg. "Naruto…it's all about discovering each other. That's why there are no other options. We can learn a lot about each other…among other things."

Naruto didn't like the sound of that. "Other things?"

Hinata getting impatient tweaked Naruto's side. "Come on Naru-kun…it won't be bad."

Naruto thought for a second then shrugged. "Alright…truth."

Ino frowned. "Chicken." But Naruto merely smirked at her. "Ok…tell the truth, and you can't lie. Are Hinata and I the only ones you've had dreams about?"

Naruto nodded. "Yes. I don't think about other women because I don't need any others. At first it was just Hina-chan, but then you started to pop up once in a while but nothing big until the day we went to the pool…besides two loves in my life will be a challenge now."

Ino giggled but was very happy with his answer. "Ok…now you ask Hinata."

Naruto looked at Hinata and shrugged. "Hina-chan…truth or dare?"

Hinata grinned. "Truth."

Naruto nodded but got a worried look to his face. "Are you honestly happy with this arrangement?"

Hinata thought for a few seconds then laughed. "Of course Naru-kun! I know you love me and I'm not worried about anything. I know you'll be good to both me and Ino."

Naruto nodded in wonder, not sure if he should be happy or still shocked. Here he was living quite a few men's dream, and all he was worried about was hurting one or the others feelings.

Our Naruto…what a guy.

Hinata looked at Ino with a grin before leaning forward. "Truth or dare?"

Ino grinned mischievously before almost purred. "Dare."

Hinata grinned before she looked at her koishii then looked at Ino again. "Well it is just us…I dare you to give Naru-kun a kiss on the lips!"

Naruto blinked as he saw Ino nod then lean forward with a slight blush…from embarrassment or excitement he wasn't sure.

With a gulp he leaned forward too and their lips came together and Naruto blinked in surprise before he felt what he only felt once before.

Fireworks and supernovas in his mind while his stomach became full of butterflies all trying to escape.

As they leaned back from each other and their eyes opened, they both blushed harder, but neither denied what they felt.

Hinata clapped her hands before she kissed them both on the cheek. "See…I told you it was a good idea."

Naruto merely nodded dumbly as Ino mumbled happily. "My first kiss…"

It took a few moments…and Ino leaned back but couldn't hide her grin. "Alright Naruto…truth or dare?"

Naruto decided to grab the bull by the horns and follow the trend. "Dare."

Ino smirked as she looked at Hinata. "I dare you to kiss Hinata with passion for the next five minutes…I have to go to the bathroom!"

All three laughed as Ino waited until they started before leaving the room.

Their kiss was one of the most exciting to Naruto…well they always were, and they possibly kissed longer but since no one was watching the clock they finally broke away from each other when Ino closed and locked the door again. "Alright break it up already. Sheesh."

Hinata grumbled about bad timing, but Ino just pushed her lightly. Naruto thought for a second then waved his hand at the two. "Hey…it's kind of not fair. I can ask Hinata…but not you Ino."

Ino nodded as she reached into her closet and pulled out the spinner for a game. "This is another variation. When the spinner points at someone, the person that is supposed to ask whoever the spinner is pointing at."

Naruto frowned. "What if it points at the asker?"

Ino rolled her eyes. "Then you spin again. Geez Naruto it's not brain surgery."

Naruto grumbled and vowed to get the girl back as soon as it was his turn then smiled devilishly as he realized…it was his turn!

Spinning the spinner as luck would have it the arrow pointed at Ino, but Naruto never got to ask as Ino beat him to the punch. "Dare."

Naruto grinned. "Anxious are we? Ok…I dare you to kiss me…" And Ino was already leaning forward in excitement until Naruto stood up and turned around. "On my butt!"

Ino blinked in surprise and even Hinata didn't know what to say as Naruto wiggled his but back and forth. "Come on…I'm starting to feel like singing." And he started shaking his hips more and more as he belted out a few lines from a really cheesey song. "I'm a model you know what I mean and I do my little turn on the catwalk…on the catwalk, on the catwalk yeah and I shake my little tush on the catwalk!" he finished as he shook his hips vigorously, causing Ino to blush and Hinata to break into belly shaking laughs.

Ino glared at the back of the boys head, but in the spirit she lurched forward and planted her lips quickly then pulled back. "I'm probably going to have to boil my lips now!"

Naruto laughed as he sat down. "Oh come on…I showered and mother Izumi always washes my clothes."

Ino pouted for a few minutes but Hinata finally gave her a little push. "Come on…you thought of the game…take our lumps. Besides, you'll probably be able to get him back if you want."

Ino grinned and Naruto got a sinking feeling. I suppose I should have thought about that before I made Ino smooch my butt.

Hinata hit the spinner and it landed on Naruto who grinned at her. "Truth."

With a snicker Hinata asked him, "Do you really want to see Ino's panties?"

Naruto turned red as he took a deep breath then swallowed as he tried not to look at Ino. Both girls leaned forward and looked at him and he frowned but in a quiet voice whispered. "Don't be mad at me…but yeah. I have thought about it for a while now."

Hinata leaned over and kissed Naruto before Ino leaned in and kissed him too. "Don't worry about it Naruto-kun. I'm actually flattered." She said with a blush. Hinata grinned too as she thought about it. "That's why when I have my period you hold me tighter in bed! I thought you trying to make me feel better because of the cramps."

Naruto nodded and ducked his head down. "I like sleeping naked with you Hina-chan…but for some reason when I see you in your underwear…"

Ino interrupted them with a grin. "Um…one question or dare per spin."

All three laughed before they settled down again and Ino took her turn and grinned just as broadly as the spinner landed on Naruto. "Truth or dare."

Naruto gulped before he wiped his forehead, then figured what was the worst that could happen? "Dare."

Ino almost growled. "I'm thirsty. I dare you to strip naked and go get me a soda out of the refrigerator."

Naruto's eyes almost exploded from their sockets. "But…your parents…"

And Ino waggled a finger at him. "No backing out. I kissed your butt…now it's your turn."

Naruto tried to appeal to Hinata, but she shook her head. "Jut be quick Naru-kun. Besides she is right…you have to be fair."

Naruto nodded slowly as his face burned then he stood and took off his shirt and shorts, and Ino shook her head. "Nope…all of it."

Naruto nodded glumly but knew he was going to get her back…he would think of something so bad Ino wouldn't even consider asking for another dare!

In the meantime though, Hinata opened the door for him and he dropped his boxers and snuck quickly and quietly to the kitchen. Opening the refrigerator door and blinked.

There were no sodas in the refrigerator.

With a grumble, Naruto hurried back upstairs and into Ino's room but before he could say anything, Ino was grinning at him and where his hands were. "Oh I forgot…the sodas are in the storage refrigerator in the laundry room. My bad."

Naruto growled but hurried back downstairs to the laundry room. Opening the refrigerator door he grabbed her the first soda he could get…then his heart hit his feet. "I'm just going to get some juice honey." Inoichi said as he reached the kitchen. Naruto wormed his way into the darkest part of the laundry room and prayed the man didn't want a soda…Please don't want a soda!

Inoichi grumbled as he closed the refrigerator door then looked at the laundry room. I'll just sneak a cola and no one will be the wiser.

Inoichi walked into the laundry room and quietly opened the refrigerator door. Naruto was crouched down on the side of the appliance as Inoichi came out holding a soda, but then almost screamed like a woman as Mari stood there tapping her foot. "Put it back honey…you know the doctor said no sodas for a while…it makes you get kidney stones."

Inoichi frowned as he opened the fridge then put the soda back. "Life is so unfair." He grumbled before Mari pat him on the cheek. "Good boy."

Naruto almost breathed a sigh of relief before he heard the two kiss and he began to freak out again. "Hey…let's be kinky and do it in here."

Naruto's eyes bugged out and he began to shake his head negatively over and over again as he began to sweat.

Thankfully Mari wore the pants in the house. "No…the kids might come in and catch us."

Inoichi frowned. "No soda no fun…I might as well be on a mission."

Mari grinned as she pat her husbands cheek again. "Quit complaining. If you come upstairs…I'll swallow this time."

Inoichi turned and ran out of the kitchen and upstairs to their bedroom as Mari followed at a more leisurely pace. "Men are so easy." She mumbled as she got to her bedroom and closed the door.

Naruto still white as a sheet walked to Ino's bedroom door where they pulled him inside and began to badger him with questions. Naruto raised a hand and shook his head. "I don't want to talk about it."

Both blinked at him as he handed Ino her soda. "You didn't get caught did you?" Ino asked in worry as Hinata locked the door. Naruto shook his head as he sat down. "No…but I know more about your parents then I ever wanted."

Ino didn't ask further, but after a few minutes Naruto sighed before he noticed something that made him throb painfully.

At some point, Ino and Hinata decided they were hot, so took off their pajama bottoms. Naruto got an eye full of Hinata's cute pink bikini's and Ino's strawberry bikini's.

With a blush and a grin Ino turned around and lifted her shirt showing Naruto her panty clad backside. "What do you think Ruto-kun?"

Naruto didn't even notice the new nickname as he stared entranced at Ino. So enthralled was he that he didn't even notice Hinata until her hand grasped him.

With a blink he groaned and looked at his fiancé who smiled at him before kissing his lips. "Naru-kun…I've been wanting to do this since that first night…so please don't stop me, just tell me if I hurt you."

Naruto gasped as her hand began to move, and his eyes became vague until he felt Hi nata's lips kiss his, and then a new set of lips touched his almost at the same time when a new hand gripped him.

Turning to the left he saw Ino and she had a blush, but a perverted grin on her face. "I want to help too ruto-kun. Besides…what better way for a girl to learn other then with her boyfriend?"

Naruto didn't say anything but he moaned as he felt the pressure build until he couldn't hold it anymore and Ino whispered in his ear. "Let it go ruto…I love you."

And Hinata whispered in his other ear, "I love you too Naru-kun."

Which forced him over the edge and he fired, gasping and flexing over and over again into the air as the two girls continued to rub him until he collapsed on the floor.

Hinata giggled as Ino stared in amazement. The towel she used to try and catch the mess, was almost soaked through in spots, and she would still need to wipe other areas of the floor where he powered past the towel.

Ino grinned at Hinata who lay her head on Naruto's chest. "I told you." Ino nodded as she began to clean up the excess. "Yeah…you did…but seeing is definitely believing."

It took a few minutes but Naruto eventually caught his breath and looked from Hinata to Ino with a frown. "Why?" he asked, not sure what else to say.

Hinata giggled as she rubbed his stomach. "Because we already talked about this remember? The things I wanted to do with you when we hit puberty? I wanted to see if I could make you feel good Naru-kun…and now that I know I can…I will."

Naruto felt his heart swell for his koishii, but he turned and looked at Ino as she lay on his other side, her head also on his chest. "I know this makes you feel weird ruto-kun…but I feel the same way as Hinata. I want to make you happy as well because now that we're bf/gf…I want it to last…and I want you to love me too."

Naruto grinned at Ino before he kissed Hinata on the lips, then kissed Ino. "It's true what they say about blonds. I already do love you Ino…and it'll only get stronger, I promise."

Ino blushed cutely as she drew an obscure pattern on his stomach and Hinata softly kissed his chest.

All three had new responsibilities…but no one was complaining.

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The next morning, Ino's mom Mari tiptoed to her daughter's bedroom just to make sure everything was ok.

Of course she trusted the boy and his fiancé…but Ino was a bit willful and she was positive if given half the chance, Ino would walk the naughty side of the road because it was more mysterious and exciting.

With a quiet sigh she turned the knob and opened the door enough to peek inside.

While she wasn't horrified, she wasn't thrilled to see Naruto lying on the floor on his back, with Hinata on one side and Ino on the other hugging him in their sleep.

She had a feeling something like this was going on, but she had hoped she was wrong.

While Mari wasn't prone to hysterics or jumping to conclusions, her husband Inoichi was given the right circumstances…and Ino was one of them.

Still it looked cute with the three children hugging each other and the boy Naruto was a huge step up from Uchiha Sasuke.

She hoped it was just a phase her daughter was going through…and she would look for her own boyfriend before feelings devepoed and things couldn't be reversed.

With a sigh, Mari quietly closed the door and tiptoed downstairs to make breakfast, and she should be glad she couldn't see under the covers. If she had, she would have had a conniption as Hinata's and Ino's hands were both holding something that they shouldn't have been…but hey, they did agree to share.

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Previously

Hiashi looked at the crippled man, a frown clearly etched on his face as he considered the scroll he was given and the implications.

"So you say Sarutobi is prepared to set Naruto up for something…how do you know this?"

Danzo shook his head as he sipped from the teacup that one of his servants put in from of him. "Unimportant. What is important is that Naruto be able to protect himself so he can grow stronger."

Hiashi was inclined to agree, but the advice was coming from someone who he had never trusted and still did not. "While I appreciate your council in this matter, your motives in the past have been less then pure and I do not want my family put in any form of danger or shady deals. What is your motivation in this?"

Danzo looked at Hiashi for a moment before he nodded and gestured another servant forward who handed Hiashi a scroll.

"In that scroll is information that few if any knows about within the leaf. This information was painstakingly gathered from outside sources that I hand picked myself that have sacrificed their well being to gather and now they have either been eliminated or had to drop off in order to remain effective."

Hiashi waited patiently until Dazo paused. "All very interesting, but that still does not explain your interest or desire in this."

Danzo frowned but then nodded at the scroll. "Look inside and you will begin to understand."

Hiashi frowned deeply but unrolled the scroll and began to look through the papers inside and it began dawning on him what was going on. "If this is all true why have you not told Sarutobi this? Surely he can do more then I can."
Danzo nodded but at the same time scoffed. "Sarutobi is a fool. In his old age he has become shallow minded and does not see the big picture or does not want to. He has done his best I suppose, but when the fourth died he lost his drive and passed a lot of his administrative power to aspects of the council. If anything, he should have passed aspects of it to the shinobi side and perhaps we wouldn't have this to worry about…but because of his foolishness we now have civilians in charge of areas they shouldn't be."

Hiashi nodded as he looked through the papers and saw aspects of Konoha's weakness. Purchases of military equipment, training regimens, guard assignments, even posts defended outside of the cities walls were all organized by civilians who have no idea what they are doing or doing things to benefit themselves. But as Hiashi rifled through the pages he saw how deep the corruption went as hidden deals with other villages…enemies of Konoha were spotted and the build up of power from those enemies while Konoha's forces had been made weaker. "Is there nothing we can do to balance this…at least until we can rebuild what they have weakened?"

Danzo hammered his cane against the floor in anger. "There are only two options, and one will make me and others like me the traitors of Konoha. Unfortunately with the current political climate it would never work. I had planned for a coup…but I was foolish enough at first to give Sarutobi the benefit of the doubt. I approached him with most of this information, but he rejected it off handedly. The so called "professor" refused to see the truth before his eyes."

Danzo took a few deep breaths to relax his breathing as he had become agitated, and his color had paled badly. After he had sipped some more of his tea he placed his cup down and continued in a less steady voice. "Right now our only chance at balancing the power is to create what we have had in the past. Even if we are not as strong…we must appear as if we were…that is where young Naruto comes in."

Hiashi read through some of the papers before he looked up again. "So you wish to train him? In what and how could this extra training help him or show a shift in our power to deter enemies?"

Danzo frowned at this but then gestured at the papers again. "In their I have laid out his altered training regimen…three days out of the week he will train here in my ROOT headquarters and we will teach him the best that we have to offer."

Danzo looked troubled for a moment before he leaned forward. "I will not lie to you, I feel I have no need to. Originally when your son was born I would have gladly turned him into a mindless, unfeeling weapon to destroy Konoha's enemies both outside and within…now I will gladly turn him into a thinking weapon in order to protect the leaf."

Hiashi looked at the plans Danzo had made and while he was still a bit shocked, it all made perfect sense. "So you would begin to spread rumors and information about Naruto and his abilities, but mostly about his having the nine tailed fox in him in order to postpone a coming conflict?"

Danzo nodded slowly as he smiled. "Yes. If I am correct, this will postpone a preemptive strike by our combined enemies for at least three years unless the balance of power shifts again. In that time we must train Naruto as fast as possible, give him as much knowledge and skill so he will be ready for the coming trouble. In the meantime you can stave off Sarutobi's manipulations with this and in fact influence him to set things as you see fit."

Hiashi read the document and his eyes bulged out. "Nani?" You cannot be serious!"

Danzo frowned as he leaned back in his chair. "Unfortunately I am. Our beloved Hokage has had his fingers too deeply in the cookie jar and has cost us dearly in the process." Danzo paused for effect then leaned forward again. "I know that right now the kyuubi's essence is split between Naruto and Hinata…but I know that if we train both children and team them with this other child under the selected senseis, we have a chance to postpone indefinitely, or even prevent the coming war."

Hiashi nodded slowly as he rolled the scroll and the documents up. "Will they be able to finish school…become ninja as they wanted or will they just be part of this "program"?" Danzo nodded slightly to the man. "They can still graduate and be assigned their team, but they will be doing far more specialized training and eventually specialized missions until we can certify them as ready for their rolls."

Hiashi grumbled to himself as he tapped his fingers against the table before he looked at Danzo again. "I see the need and the ideas you have laid out…but I do not like it. You are in essence taking the children's lives away and for what? So you can eventually sit in the hokage's chair?" Danzo threw back his head and laughed for a moment before he looked at Hiashi again. "What would I do with the hokage position? By the time any of this becomes a reality I will be dead."

Hiashi blinked in surprise as Danzo opened his robe and stood unsteadily and Hiashi frowned at the damaged skin he could see. "I am dying. The doctors say in two…perhaps three years if I am lucky the cancer that had started in my pancreas will have destroyed most of my major organs and it will not be a quick and painless death."

Hiashi nodded slowly as he understood how cancer had become a major factor in the cause of death in the past years. "My time and bid for power ended years ago and now like when I was younger I fight to protect my home, and this is the only way to do it."

Hiashi frowned as he looked at the papers then nodded. "I see…in essence you want to make Naruto a carbon copy of his father, Namikaze Minato."

Danzo frowned slightly and shook his head. "No…I want to make Naruto the Godaime…the fifth hokage."

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